Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-06-09
THE ODOR OF BLOOD


Although consumption j. as common
and fatal n complaint in South America
as in any other portion Of the globe, there
Is a class Of persons resident in that cOun-
try among whom the dread sCuurge is said
never to have appeared, These are the
inhabitants Of the saladeros-a place
where cattle urc slaughtered and dressed,
and where sometimes the manufacture Of
beef extract Is carried on \ gentleman
recently returned from Argentine Repuh-
lie. in talh.u-, uu the subject with a re
porter. sand: In former years. cattle in
my country. that is South America, were
slaughtered simply for their hides, bones,
and talluw which were articles Of export.
The meat. except such rs the butchers i'll
the different cities chose 10 carry away,
was stacked ont Oh the plains and was
eaten up 10y qUuElimc. The places where
the work al killing the cattle was and ID
carried on were and are still known ss
saladeroS They are large inClOsed spaces
in the open country, generally some dis
tlnCc remote from other habltatOnS.
The people employed in the business live
within the incinsurc. and form little
colony by themselves
From j.uoD 10 III. coo head Of cattle are
slaughtered in these Saladerus every day.
Necessarily there is a constant udOr of
fresh blood. which to those UnaCCustomed
10 il is decidedly unpleasant, COnsump-
tiul, however has never been known
among persons who live i'll these saladeros,
and, strange a. it may appear, persons
who were 50 affected and through some
circumstances or another went into one OF
these places 10 live, have speedily rec0V-
cred At first the medical men Of the
country reasoned that their diagnoses were
in error, but as the result was the same
time after time. they came to look upon
the matter in different light and now
declare that a residence in a S;Iladerus Will
heal an liberated lung and entirely destroy
the germs Of consumption. The process
is slow, however and a Consumptive must
be patient and content to live i'll one of
these places a considerable time.
Persons who go there and remain only
little while show a great improvement,
but If they come away before they are en-
tircly well they are liable 10 relapse into
their former state. | understand that "A
residence Of from eighteen months 10 tive
years in a saladeruS will cure almost AM
case of phthiSiS. one of the most notable
cures, and one that was primarily thu
cause of inquiries being made on the sub
jeCt, was that Of Donna Florentina De
Cihels, wife Of Jaime Cibels, of the firm
Of Cibcls HermanUs, of Buen0s Ayres.
Shortly after her marriage she developed
uumistakable signs of pulmonary truuble,
The disease progressed until sha became
very feeble. and the doctors advised her
that she had but short time 10 live.
just about this time her husband was sent
out to take personal charge Uf one Of hts
father's saladeros, and Mrs. Cibels, though
almost dead, Went with him. She had not
lived there many months before she began
10 show uumistakable signs Of improve
ment She remained there with her hus
band for four years, and when, al the end
OF that period she left the place all symp-
toms of consumption had disappeared,
and Mrs Cibels is to-day as healthy a
woman as lives in the republic. New
York Mail and Express.